Spin dynamics of the potassium magnetometer in spin-exchange relaxation free regime
Affiliation:
1. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
2. School of Physical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
Abstract:
The laser-pumped potassium spin-exchange relaxation free (SERF) magnetometer is the most sensitive detector of magnetic field and has many important applications. We present the experimental results of our potassium SERF magnetometer. A pump-probe approach is used to identify the unique spin dynamics of the atomic ensemble in the SERF regime. A single channel sensitivity of 8 f· THz-1/2 is achieved with our SERF magnetometer.